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A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
